ANDY

I often have interesting encounters with strangers in the stores or on the streets.

   Today is one of the days. While browsing the fresh flowers in the grocery store, a man about 60+ wearing a brown leather jacket and a soft fedora hat stopped right next me.          

"Too many choices!!" He said with a big smile. "Yes!" I replied. Then he started to chat with me pleasantly. His name is Andy (I didn't catch his last name). In a very funny way, he chatted about how the young generation talked, how he was inspired by his father-in-law, both of his two sons are professional medical doctors, and more... I was laughing the whole time. Then he told me he made a pledge years ago that he would say blessing with special people he met, and he asked me if he could do that with me.

     "Of course," I answered him.

     He said, "If you want to steal, steal the heart of the one you love. If you want to cheat, please cheat the death.........." I didn't catch what he said later because I was so touched by the very first sentence and thinking how I stole Jeff's heart.😍      

Before we said goodbye, he said to me, "You are a special treasure I held in my heart today."

     How special is this??? ❤️❤️

I wish our sociality is full of people like Andy.

     我經常在商店或街上與陌生人有有趣的接觸。       今天就是其中的一天。當我在超市裡瀏覽鮮花的時候，一個60多歲身穿棕色皮夾克和柔軟淺頂軟呢帽的的男人在我旁邊停下來。            

「有太多選擇了。」他笑著說。  

「是！」我回應。 然後他開始愉快地和我聊天。他的名字是Andy（我沒有記下他的姓）。他以非常有趣的方式聊著現在年輕一代是如何應對，他如何受到他岳父的啟發，他的兩個兒子都是專業的醫生等很多話題。逗得我一直笑。然後他告訴我，他多年前做了一個承諾，他會祝福他遇到的特別的人。他問我是否可以祝福我。

「當然。」我回答他 他說： 如果你想偷竊，偷你愛的人的心。如果你想欺騙，請欺騙死亡..........

我沒有聽到他後來說的話，因為我被他説的第一句話感動，並想著我是如何偷走Jeff的心. 在我們說再見之前，他對我說。 “你是我今天心裡將珍惜的寶藏。”

這有多特別??? ❤️❤️

我希望我們的社會充滿像Andy這樣的人。

Compassion is the greatest form of love humans have to offer. - Rachel Scott

     Unfortunately, the media that covered such events, like the Walk-Out, did not focus on what was important and misled many viewers. Please know the fact before pointing finger at the students, who are our future.

     In my daughter's school, they mentioned the achievements of those 17 students and who they were. They also mentioned the importance on recognizing mental illness and to spread awareness. They were challenged 17 things to do in order to SPREAD KINDNESS TO EVERYONE around us. It was not about taking away anyone's 2nd amendment rights. Students had an opportunity to speak out for what they believed in. Both sides of the argument on guns joined hands to show that they were united as students. That is democracy.

     Have you heard of RACHEL'S CHALLENGE? Google it!! That's one of the programs many schools support!

     Rachel Scott was the first student killed in the Columbine High School shooting in 1999. Darrell Scott, Rachel's father, established Rachel's Challenge to perpetuate his daughter's example and the two-page "Code of Ethics" she wrote a month before her death at the hands of the perpetrators of the Columbine High School shooting, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. This code of ethics had included the words: "Compassion is the greatest form of love humans have to offer".

     I told my children that there are different voices and views. That is democracy. They should not be disappointed by those different voices and views and should not be discouraged. I want to teach them to be calm and sensible and make a different!!

A split of second dimmed a little child's life...

This little boy might have played and had PE classes right across the street from our house while he was at school... I can not image what his parents are going through right now. Having a talk with my children, asking them to be very carful while crossing the street, either walking, riding on a bike or driving. You don't want to be on either side of this tragic situation.

Remember to say "I love you" to your loved ones everyday.

ㄧ瞬間ㄧ個小生命消失了。 這個小男孩可能在學校時曾經就在我家對面玩耍和上體育課。我無法想像他的父母現在面對的打擊。（車禍發生在我家附近，被撞的是我家對面國中的兩個學生。） 跟我自己的小孩提醒：不論是走路、騎腳踏車或開車，過馬路時要特別小心。你不要是這樣悲慘事件的任何ㄧ方。

記得每天跟你的愛的親人說“我愛你”